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| Full name | Richard Oliver Earnshaw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1939 Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 July 1963 (aged 24) Westminster, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 March 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Oliver Earnshaw (8 January 1939 – 28 July 1963) was an English first-class cricketer.
While undertaking his National Service in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Earnshaw played first-class cricket for the Combined Services cricket team, making his debut against the touring South Africans at Portsmouth in 1960.[1] He made a second first-class appearance in 1961, against Northamptonshire at Northampton.[1] He scored 11 runs across his two matches,[2] as well as bowling 67 wicketless overs with his right-arm fast-medium bowling, conceding 211 runs.[3]
He died at Westminster in July 1963, aged just 24.